The Chi
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With the end of its first season in sight,The Chiraces toward closure for its myriad characters.
His younger brother Jake is, of course, in tow.
Trice seemingly reveals to Quentin that he was the person responsible for shooting Quentin and Tracys son, Jason.
Quentins interaction with her, brief as it was, left me queasy.
This is a woman he impregnated, by rape, when she was a teenager.
Tracy says nothing to him.
I took her silence to be that of a woman rendered wordless by the unsuspected interaction with her rapist.
One ofThe Chis most persistent issues has been its cumbersome pacing.
The mystery of Jasons murder could have been resolved long ago.
Trice shot Jason, then, for whatever reason, stalled.
The detective stepped in to finish the job.
This scenario invites more questions than it resolves.
The detective murdered Jason by stepping on his throat, cutting of Jasons air supply with his foot.
Wouldnt Jason have sustained injuries that pointed to a cause of death other than his gunshot wounds?
Also, why did Trice freeze?
Its not as if hes spooked by blood or gore he pummeled Reg a few weeks back.
Ronnie turned himself in last week, confessing to Coogies murder.
Scenes of Ronnie being booked and entering Cook County Prison are spliced throughout the episode.
Again, this a story line that has been really resolved.
Jerrika manages to sell Laverne and Brandons house, which the family celebrates.
But Lavernes plans for a new life are thwarted when she receives news of her sons murderer being apprehended.
Its not the resolution I wanted for Laverne, but hers is a fully human, understandable choice.
Throughout this season, the shows dominant, guiding structure has been the plotlines of the two boys murders.
The play which Jake, Kevin, and Papa had begun participating in has always been a backstory.
All three boys have been through so much since this play began.
It feels like a narrative element that could have been abandoned.
Afterward, the boys head to a party where Kevin apologizes to Maisha.
The joke, yet again, seems to rest on Maishas presumed undesirability or unattractiveness.
I hope thatThe Chiwont lean on this kind of punch line again next season.
As we wind down the season, EJs mother shows up to relieve Emmett of his father duties.
She has a black eye, which Emmett notices and attempts to address with her.
Emmett breaks down the door to witness Tiffany threatening her lover with a hair dryer.
